Sunday, August 31, 2008

since the 97% mohammedan population of bangladesh, including the millions already resident in india, are religious fanatics, they are all terrorists or potential terrorists. so it is meaningless to sign any agreement which indicts 97% of a country's population.

naturally, count on xinhua propaganda agency to propagate such a meaningless 'agreement'.

this is precisely why india should also be pursuing an agrarian, food-led strategy instead of polluting the land forever with heavy industry like china is doing. this is why the chinese need lebensraum.

"For the Chinese government, the politics and development of Tibet, an autonomous region covering almost one-eighth of the country's area, has been a complex issue with a troubling international dimension. An interesting development in recent years is the growing information flow on Tibet now available on the Net from official, unofficial and news sources within Tibet. This offers a credible and informed alternative to the assertions and assumptions of the pro-Dalai press. Along with greater transparency that will result from the opening of the region, the terms of the debate over the Tibet question will surely become more balanced and fair."

LJP favours citizenship for Bangladeshis

Sun, Aug 31 07:05 PM

Pushkar (Rajasthan), Aug 31 (ANI): The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) favours giving citizenship to Bangladeshis staying in the country and advocated reservation for the economically weak and minorities in Government and private sectors.

A resolution passed on Sunday by the LJP, headed by Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, at Pushkar, Rajasthan said, "Those Bangladeshis who are already staying in India should be provided citizenship. Further infiltration should be checked. There should be strict vigil on the border".

The party supported reservation for the "socially and economically" backward groups.

The resolution said, "The party feels that in view of their social and economic conditions, the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe people should get reservation in private sector. Every community or group should have equal representation in all sectors."

Quota benefits should also be provided to Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims to enable them to join the main stream, it added.

For the economically weaker sections among the upper castes the LJP is in favour of giving 10 per cent reservation in central government jobs.

The resolution also said that employment should be a fundamental right of every citizen in the country.

The party also criticised ban on Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and demanded setting up of an independent inquiry commission with social scientists and human rights activists as its member to study the role of various organisations in spreading terror and communal tension. (ANI)

From: Narain Kataria, New York

To: The Editor, India Tribune

Here is my response to Kaleem Kawaja's letter titled "Why Hindus are angry at Muslims in India," published in the India Tribune of August 2, 2008.

Hindus have not just one but one million reasons to be angry at Muslims in India. Let me list only a few of them for Mr. Kawaja's kind-hearted understanding, even though I believe Mr. Kawaja is deliberately acting to be ignorant of the reasons behind this Hindu mindset and the history – past and present. So, I will try to make it as simple and as clear for him as possible… and, for all those 'secularists' and Leftists who pretend to be naive just like Mr. Kawaja.

1. First of all, Hindus hold Muslims responsible for the vivisection of their country that they consider as their MOTHER. Hindus adorably call it Bharat-Mata, Matru-Bhoomi, Puniya-Bhoomi, Dharma-Bhoomi, Swarag-Bhoomi, etc.

2. Hindus cannot understand why the Muslims are still living in India. It is a well-known fact that in 1946 elections, more than 90% of the Muslims voted for the breakup of the greater India and the creation of a Muslim land called Pakistan. Despite getting their Muslim land – believe it or not – only 15% Muslims left for the Pakistan and 85% of them stayed put in India. Hindus really want all these Muslims living in India to leave Hindus alone in their country.

3. Hindus are upset that Muslims are having a cake and want to eat it too. Thus, Hindus can see that Muslims have opened a separate bank account for Muslims in Pakistan and Bangladesh, while they are operating a joint bank account with Hindus in India. This is not right and absolutely unfair. Hindus do not want to share the India with Muslims.

4. Again, at the time of Partition of India in 1947, there were 20% Hindus and Sikhs in Pakistan. Now there are only 1% or so. In 1947 there were more than 30% Hindus in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), at this time there are only 8% Hindus there. Hindus want Muslims to explain what happened to all those Hindus. Hindus are absolutely unhappy about the ethnic cleansing of Hindus in Pakistan and Bangladesh.

5. Conversely, during the same period the Muslim population in India has been rising with leaps and bounds. Muslim numbers in India have risen from 9% in 1951 to 15% now. Hindus abhor this. In the unprecedented rise of Muslim population in India, Hindus clearly see a mortal threat to their very existence as Hindus. They see this as a conspiracy to breakup and divide their country all over again.

6. Hindus simply will never be able to forget the massive scale of rapes, murders, loot and mayhem let lose by Muslims on the peaceful Hindus in Kashmir and the vicious ethnic cleansing in their own country.

7. How can Hindus forget massacre of our 35 Sikh brothers at Chattisinghpora in the State of Jammu and Kashmir in year 2000, an attack on Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature in October, 2001, another attack on the India's National Parliament in December 2001, yet another attack on the American Cultural Center in January 2002, the roasting alive of 56 women and children in February 2002 at Godhra Railway Station in Gujarat State, the killing of more than 30 members of families of Army personnel in May 2002, serial bomb attacks on passenger trains and public places in the country's financial capital Mumbai on August 2005 that killed 46 people and injured 160, another devilish attack on the Hindu religious place, the Akshardham Temple in September 2002 – 29 individuals including 16 women and four children killed, the butchering of Hindus in Mau in State of Uttar Pradesh, the Delhi bomb blasts in October 2005 – 70 people killed, massacre of Gujjars in Doda and Udhampur, in State of Jammu and Kashmir in May 2006, a second series of Mumbai train bomb blasts in July 2006 – 200 people dead, a separate series of bomb blasts in Lucknow, Varanasi, Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Bangluru – hundreds killed.

8. While Hindus in Jammu agitating for the legitimate rights of Hindu pilgrims in Amernath raise the slogan of Bharat Mata ki Jai, the Muslims in Srinagar, to the great mortification and chagrin of Hindus, wave green flags of Pakistan and openly raise the slogans of Pakistan Zindabad (long live Pakistan)! This treacherous behavior of Muslims is unacceptable and outrageous to Hindus and causes a serious heartburn to them.

9. Recently, in a shocking disclosure, India's National Security Advisor, M.K. Narayanan while talking to newsmen in Singapore disclosed that 800 terrorist cells are operating in the country. These home grown terrorists are none other than the Indian Muslims who provide shelter, guidance, financial assistance and other infrastructure facilities to the terrorists to kill more and more Hindus and destabilize Indian economy. Hindus have every reason to express their indignation and angst at this blatant anti-national activity.

10. All Kashmiri Muslims are doing roaring business all over India. There are Haj Houses all over the country. But the Muslim leaders are openly and repeatedly declaring that they would not give "an inch of land" in Hindu India to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board. What an act of ingratitude!

11. Hindus simply cannot erase from their memory the Great Killings of Calcutta on August 16-17, 1946 in which more than 5,000 Hindus were butchered by Muslim fanatics supported by the Muslim Chief Minister of Bengal. Hindus also vividly recall the genocide of 5,000 unarmed Hindus in Noakhali in BengalState around the same time. Hindus simply cannot forget the beastly brutalities perpetrated by the West Pakistani Muslim military establishment on the East Pakistan Hindus during the Bangladesh uprising in 1971. Events like these are unparalleled in the history of humanity.

12. Describing the unimaginable capacity of the Muslim mind to conduct the dance of devil, Mr. A. Ghosh, the celebrated author of book "Kafir and Quran," writes: "In many cases a whole community (of Hindus in East Pakistan) was encircled. Mothers and daughters were raped on a mass scale, in presence of brothers or fathers. Breasts of elderly ladies were chopped off. Pregnant women were disemboweled; infants' heads were smashed on the floor. Then followed the chopping off of genitals, gouging out of eyes, and on and on and on. As a grand finale, everybody was put in a house and the house was set on fire."

13. Hindus also remember very well as to how the Sikh Guru Arjun Dev was made to sit on a hot plate over the raging fire and the hot sand was poured over his body… until he died. Hindus and Sikhs will never be able to forget as to how another Sikh Guru, Teg Bahadur Saheb, was murdered in cold blood by the Muslims because he refused to convert to Islam. Hindus remember the two young sons of the last Sikh Guru, Gobind Singh, who were bricked alive by the Muslim ruler, as they refused to embrace the Islam.

15.Hindus in India and the Indian subcontinent have witnessed an unprecedented continued chain of barbarism by Muslims in the last 1400 years. In 712 A.D., the then Governor of Iraq sitting two thousand miles away from the Indian capital Delhi, ordered the Iraqi Muslim ruler in India to bring about the destruction on unbeliever Hindus (unbeliever: the Hindus that do not believe in Islam) if they did not accept Islam. The historical chronicles tell us that in the merciless slaughter that ensued, 26,000 Hindu men were murdered and 20,000 young Hindu girls were enslaved and dispatched to Khalifa in Baghdad.

16.Akbar was the slaughterer of Hindus. Jahangir, in his autobiography "Tarikh-i-Salim Shahi" wrote that under Akbar and Jahangir "five to six hundred thousand (over half a million) Hindus were killed." (Tarikh-i-Salim: Translated By Price, pp. 225-6). In Akbar's military conquest of Chittor in the State of Rajasthan, Abul Fazl recorded that "on Akbar's orders, eight thousand Rajput warriors were first disarmed and then slain; along with them forty thousand peasants also were slain." (The Islamic treatment of PoW, Surah 8, Ayat 67, the Quran) (Akbarnama by Abul Fazl translated into English by H. Beveridge)

We can go on and on and on… with the never-ending saga of Muslim misdeeds against the Hindus. Hindus may not have readily available with them the specific details of the each one of the above acts of extreme Muslim brutality. The Hindu 'secular' leadership also takes extreme pains to ensure that the endless tails of Muslim atrocities… against the Hindus… do not get recalled, remembered, written, memorialized, entered in history books, or spoken from the public platforms.

But the naked truth is that the painful wounds of Muslim savagery, treachery, betrayal, deceit, dishonesty, disloyalty, duplicity… on the naïve Hindu psyche… are too numerous to count and too deep to heal.

These painful sores of history – the distant past and still ongoing – have traumatized the Hindus so much and for so long that they just cannot be healed, nor can their memory be completely erased from the Hindu subconscious mind.Hindu mind will continue to be haunted and tortured at the slightest glimpse of the classic pattern of Muslim dishonesty and betrayal.

Does Mr. Kawaja need any more reasons, any more examples, to explain why Hindus don't trust Muslims and why they appear to be angry at Muslims?

It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here.

Sceptics are advised to read a recent Financial Times report on the current Kashmir unrest from sunny California. Amy Louise Kazmin, whose naked eye is unable to detect any transgression in the Valley's Muslim leadership. The evil, she claims with a turn of Pecksniffian rectitude, lies with the BJP-driven Hindu 'rioters' of Jammu -- the travails of the displaced Hindu Pandit community are cast into limbo. Small wonder that Tom Bairstow, a New Statesman hand in the magazine's long gone better days, dismissed his country's media as "the Fourth-rate Estate."

mohammedans have successfully established that the kashmir valley is their exclusive territory (dar ul islam) and that the dhimmi hindus are allowed to use a small plot of land temporarily under jaziya.

but i guess the poor hindus of jammu were getting tired of the privations of two months of agitation. the rest of us didn't do squat to help them. what should have mushroomed into a huge popular movement that would bring down the christist-controlled UPA didn't really materialize. and the christists of course did a nice diversionary move (opening a second front) by assassinating swami lakshmananda in orissa.

It would not be an exaggeration to suggest that the state of security presently prevailing in our country is absolutely pathetic.With the ever-increasing ferocity of jihadi attacks, the powers that be can be expected to do little besides advise people to maintain "communal harmony". There is no denying the fact that terrorists have stepped up their anti-India activities in the past few years. Jihadis select sensitive and important targets with impunity. They damage life and property, instilling fear among the common people.

The pro-azadi slogans we hear and the Pakistani flags we see in the Kashmir Valley are self-contradictory. Or are they? What Farooq, Malik and Shah dream of is no different from what Geelani hopes for: Kashmir becoming Pakistani territory

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The evidence of the terrorist group's close coordination with elements on the Indian side of Kashmir was betrayed by the LeT's elaborate plans to welcome the 'Muzaffarabad Chalo' march. While a large section of the media projected the march, led by pro-Pakistani Kashmiri leaders, as a 'spontaneous protest', the LeT was clearly preparing for such an event. The group's members, workers and supporters had gathered near the Line of Control in thousands and were chanting, "Sabeeluna, sabeeluna; al-jihad, al-jihad" (Our path, our path; al-jihad, al-jihad) and "Kashmirioun say rishta kya? La ilahe il allah" (Our connection with Kashmiris: There is no god but allah). While Geelani said "India cannot crush the freedom movement of Kashmiris", Umar Farooq said the "relationship of bullet and hatred with India will continue".

Friday, August 29, 2008

That may be your reaction as it was mine - but the truth is that the giant sucking sound you hear is Barrack Hussein's campaign flushing down the toilet

Palin is a good pick because

Her inexperience cannot be criticized - because if Barrack Hussein does that, his own inexperience shows up all the more

The Bubba's will love her Christo-nut, anti-abortion ways. I am not a Christist fan - but I will take their votes if it means beating Barrack Hussein

She will clean-up Hillary voters who feel cheated by the Obama campaign. I cannot over-emphasize this enough - swing states like Ohio and Pennsylvania have two key voter categories - white males (who were always with McCain) and single / soccer moms - who will now gravitate to Palin.

The risk is that she may bomb and end-up being a second Dan Quayle, which will sink McCain.

Does not matter to India - Republicans and Democrats are both cut from the same cloth for India. It's just I do not want to see that fake Barrack Hussein win

IMC-USA expresses alarm at anti-Christian violence in Orissa; demands the State and Central governments to act immediately

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE28 August 2008

Indian Muslim Council-USA (IMC-USA), an advocacy group working toward safeguarding India's pluralist and tolerant ethos, denounces in the strongest terms, the ongoing massacre of Christians and the killing of the Hindutva leader in the Indian state of Orissa.

According to news reports, dozens of Christians have been killed, hundreds injured and many torched alive by mercenaries belonging to Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Bajrang Dal and other Hindu supremacist groups. Reports from the ground also indicate that hundreds of churches have been destroyed and thousands of Christians had to flee into the jungle to avoid massacre.

"This is nothing but a repeat of the 2002 Gujarat carnage, only this time the target is the Christian minority" said IMC-USA President Mr. Rasheed Ahmed, commenting on the violence. "If the state government, which is in alliance with the BJP, cannot maintain law and order and save the lives and property of its citizens, the Central government should impose president's rule and send the armed forces to stop the pogroms." he further added.

The latest violence against the Christians started after the killing of VHP leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and four others by suspected Maoists. Rasheed Ahmed, deplored the incident saying: "Killing is a heinous crime irrespective of who the victim or perpetrator is". Laxmanananda Saraswati was at the forefront of anti-Christian campaigns and was reported to be behind the widespread destruction of properties during the 'Black Christmas' in 2007.

Orchestrated pogroms against religious minorities by Hindu nationalist groups have become a regular feature of Indian politics in recent years. Often these pogroms occur in Hindu nationalist (BJP) ruled states which extend police protection and impunity to the rampaging Hindutva activists perpetrating the violence.

Indian Muslim Council-USA is the largest advocacy organization of Indian Muslims in the United States with 10 chapters across the nation.

yeah, and when n ram publishes it, you know it's coming straight from china and the horse's mouth. so it must be true. but why he's willing to publish something that is against christist interests i am not sure. after all, he has a keralachristist wife.

i guess he figured that it's more important to save chinese ass than christist ass. the fellow knows his priorities: if chinese get pissed off, he gets no money; if his wife is pissed off, well, he doesn't miss much, especially at his age.

----------------------------------------------------------------------- Copy of the letter sent to VHP and Bajrang Dal leaders

Maoists also deny role in the murder of VHP activists at Jalaspata -----------------------------------------------------------------------

BERHAMPUR: Mystery behind the gruesome murder of VHP leader Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati and his four associates has deepened. The Bajrang Dal and VHP activists as well sections of the media have received a suspected Maoists' letter where they claim that their central committee had no role in the murder.

I had looked upon your blog for the first time, as an avid student and explorer of both South Asian, i.e. Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Jainist cultures and of Islamic cultures in addition. A lot of it comes from my interest as a zionist supporter of israel, (my paternal grandparents were holocaust survivors and contributed to my strong jewish heritage), and subsequent interest to learn about the clashing cultures in the middle east and nearby areas that affect it. I noticed your blog had numerous stories and articles comparing the situation and advancement of religious groups in India and was interested in additional perspective.

I noticed you said that in all areas of India where muslims are the majority, living standards are subpar and the people are backward. Is that a recent phenomenon or has it always been that way ever since muslims were in India at all? Would you say it's gotten better of worse as the years progressed?

And perhaps more importantly, is there still some degree of inter religious harmony and peace left in places like Hyderabad where muslim populations are significant? Are muslims in Hyderabad mostly willing to cooperate with police and authority figures and make sacrifices when necessary to provide security for Hindu neighbors? And do muslim separatist groups in Hyderabad like Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, the Hyderabad equivalent of Kashmir jiahdists, still hold sway over Muslims in both the Old and New City?

It's especially odd since at least in modern India there was a tradition of muslims becoming intellectually and culturally advanced in many of the modern day cities. I mean, in Bijapur, for instance, the rulers for many years were the Adil Shah monarchs who though were aggressive expansionists were also enthusiastic patrons of higher culture and interreligous harmony. Same for Hyderabad, which was founded by Mohammad Quli Qutb Shah, from the Qutb Shah dynasty. he and his successors were known for being great artists and poets who treated Hindus and Muslims as equals, (not as dhimmis or 2nd class citizens) and encouraged artistic achievement to flourish in Hyderabad. It seems today the legacy of intellectual figures among India's muslims is gone replaced by fundamentalism and absence of any culture outside of islam.

And of course Jammu and Kashmir, now hopelessly lost to jihadis, was once ruled by open-minded and culturally advanced rulers as well. But any legacy in Kashmir other than violent jihad and cleansing of hindus is clearly gone forever.

Maybe it's the legacy of rulers of these cities in most recent times, like the Nizam SHahs of Hyderabad in the 1700s, who stopped this cultural and civilizational advancement of muslims in India. Maybe it's due to Middle Eastern influence like Saudi and Egyptian funded mosques leading to a revival of religious nationalism.

Or maybe it's not as severe as it seems; maybe there are large numbers of muslims who are working for modernization, increased prosperity and religious acceptance. I know in Hyderabad, for example, 30 percent of Muslims live in the New City and they have much more in common with Hindus there than with groups like Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen. The same for Bijapur, Delhi, Bombay and other cities.

What would you say about the religious and cultural clashes in India? Is there reason to be optimistic or not really?

since no newspaper will publish the photos of the swamiji -- in case that would make him appear like a human being worthy of human rights (of course they never published photos of the 59 murdered in godhra, either, but had tons of space to print pictures of that terrorist mohammedan girl ishrat jehan) -- here they are. along with some news reports.

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 9:18 PM, Viswa sambad kendra Bhubaneswar sambad kendra <visakeobbsr@gmail.com> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Viswa sambad kendra Bhubaneswar sambad kendra <visakeobbsr@gmail.com> > Date: Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 9:00 PM > Subject: ,Book the culprits, or face the consequence, VHP tells > Govt,Hindu organizations suspect Church hand in Swamijee murder > To: visakeobbsr@gmail.com > > > VISWA SAMBAD KENDRA,ORISSA > 9437015570,9861450138 > > Book the culprits, or face the consequence, VHP tells Govt > > Bhubaneswar: Irked over the callous attitude of BJD-BJP Government, > VHP served an ultimatum to the Chief Ministers Naveen Patnaik asking > him to book the killers of Swami Laxmananda Saraswati or face the > consequence. The hard-hitting reaction of VHP came following the State > Government's failure to nab the culprits, who brutally killed Swamiji. > VHP State general secretary Gouri Prasad Rath > > Rath asked Orissa Chief Minister Patnaik to explain why his Government > did not arrest the killers of Swamiji even after five-days of his > brutal murder by the Christian Militants. > Rath alleged that the Government has completely failed in protecting > the Hindus in the State and it is under tremendous pressure from > Churches as well as the UPA Government at Centre. "In Gram Stains > murder case, both accused and innocent had been booked within a very > short period but in case of Swamiji's murder, the Government is saying > probe is on," an angry VHP leader Rath argued. Rath further demanded > to impose ban on visiting of outsiders to Kandhamal. "Christian > Militants have killed Swamiji and Churches patronized it," Rath added. > > The Union Ministry of Home Affairs is more worry for Christians than > the Hindus, alleged he. Referring to Union Minister of State for Home > Affairs Sriprakash Jaiswal's visit to the State to take stock of the > situation, Rath asked the Union Home Ministry to ensure arrest of all > culprits, those who brutally killed Swami Laxmananda Saraswati at > Jalaspata Ashram on Saturday evening. The Minister should refrain from > minority appeasement statements, VHP State secretary Gouri Prasad Rath > cautioned. > > Joining Rath, Hindu Jagaran Samukhya State president Ashok Sahu also > criticized the State Government for its failure to nab the culprits. > Sahu, who is a former Assam cadre Oriya IPS officer, however claimed > that police is trying to cover up the matter and sheltering the > killers. > Hindu organizations suspect Church hand in Swamijee murder > Bhubaneswar, 24/8 (Viswasambadkendra, Orissa ) In a Press release the > President of Hindu Jagarana Samukhya, Shri Ashok Sahu accused the > State Government of deliberately misleading the public by giving a > Maoist color to the gruesome murder of Swamijee Laxanananda Saraswati > at his ashram in Jalasapata in Orissa. For having utterly failed to > give adequate security to Swamijee in the face of repeated attack and > imminent danger to his life and frequent letters from Swamijee himself > to the authorities. In last December on 23rd he escaped a violent > attack and was hospitalized with fatal injuries. Shri Sahu revealed > quoting Swamijee that there was a meeting at Raikia Community Centre > on the 9th August 2008 attended by many Christian militants > representing NGOs and persons like Nakul Nayak the ex-Member of > Parliament and Krishna Padseth the ex- Chairman of the Block from > Tumudibandh. The conspiracy to kill Swami Laxanananda was hatched in > the meeting and on 13th August a threatening letter was circulated to > the district and state authorities along with copies to individual > targets including Swamijee. On 22nd August Swamijee appealed the > District magistrate to enhance his personal security. The news that > his life is in danger has been broadcast by the media in the morning > hours, but alas he was done away with in a well planned cold blooded > murder by the evening before midnight in his own room. He died on the > spot along with all those four others who were with him in the > spiritual discourse. Besides him, the deceased included Mataji who was > in charge of the Girls' Boarding School, Amritananda Baba, Kishore > Baba and guardian of a female student in the Ashram.Swamijee was > preventing the Kondh tribes who were targeted by the Missionaries for > baptisation and was also trying to bring back the Dalit and tribal > converts among Christians back to Hindu fold. For last forty-two years > Swamijee was relentlessly fighting for prevention of Cow- slaughter > and conversion to Christianity particularly the poor and illiterate > Kondh tribes who constitute more than 50% of the population in the > district. He had made Kondhmal his abode and centre of missionary > movement to protect Hindutwa in Orissa. He was one man Army against > the onslaughts of the Church which the Missionaries could not > withstand and at last resorted to the most cowardly act of killing an > 84 years old saint in his own hermit, Shri Sahu stated. Earlier also > there were seven such attacks from which he used to providentially > escape. His last words before getting killed, while speaking to one of > his devotees "Never have fears of death when you are working for the > cause of the Motherland". He laid his life for the cause for which he > stood his entire life.Shri Sahu demanded CBI enquiry into the ghastly > incident and wanted the conspiracy angle to unravel. Being queried by > the Press whether the CBI is free from the clutches of the Catholic > Sonia Gandhi at the center, Shri Sahu replied that one has to choose > between two evils and CBI is a lesser evil. Shri Sahu demanded that > the State government has lost their moral right to continue in power > and specially the BJP which has been benefiting by aligning at times > with Hindu cause. The Government failure in protecting Hindu saints > will only compel the peace loving Hindus of Orissa to arm themselves > to protect their interest, Shri Sahu warned. The Press conference > addressed by Shri Sahu was also attended by Shri Ajit Kumar patnaik > the General secretary and Shri Simanchal Khatua the media chief. > Puri Maharaja Shri Dibya Singdeo has strongly demanded the CBI to > bring the culprits to book. Jagadguru Shankaracharya has demanded > resignation of the BJP ministers who have failed to protect the > Swamijee and compel the government to fall for this classic failure of > governance. The Hindu Organizations have given a dawn to dusk bundh > call on Monday, the 25th August through out the State of Orissa to > respect Hindu solidarity and tribute to the departed soul. > VHP demands Special Court to trail killers of Swamiji > > Expressing strong displeasure over the failure of BJD-BJP Government > led by Naveen Patnaik, Viswa Hindu Parishad on Tuesday demanded to set > up a Special Court to trail the killers of Swami Laxmananda Saraswati > at Jalasapata Ashram in Kandhamal district. Parishad also demanded > death sentence for the Christian Militants, those who shot dead > Swamiji. > > "Christian Militants have killed Swamiji not Maoists. Police as well > as the Orissa Government trying to cover up the matter and sheltering > the Church sponsored Militants," the VHP lambasted. > > Speaking at a Press Conference here, VHP International General > Secretary Dr Prabin Bhai Togadia demanded that the Orissa Government > should set up a Special Court to trail the killers of Swami and ensure > death sentence for them for their heinous activities. > > "We have also demanded to set up a Commission to look into the > activities of Churches, Missionaries, Church sponsored NGOs, foreign > funding to NGOs working for conversion and strict implementation of > anti-conversion laws," Dr Togadiaji said. > > Holding the Orissa Government responsible for the gruesome killing of > the noted reformer, Togadia asked Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to > book the accused as soon as possible and trial them in a Special > Court. Government neglected Swamiji's security concerns, he added. > > "It seems, Orissa Government is patronizing conversion activities and > it is also under pressure from the Churches," he argued. He further > warned that if Orissa Government did not take action against the > killers, VHP would opt violent way to take revenge. > > "We can't keep silent, Sadhus and Santhas from across the country > would march towards Orissa Chief Minister's office in Bhubaneswar," he > added. > > VHP would conduct Ratha Yatras carrying the ashes of Swamiji through > out Orissa and spread his message and create public opinion against > conversion activities of the Churches, Togadia informed. > > Dr Vedantiji, who is leading the Ram Janmabhumi Movement in Ayodhya, > however came down heavily on Missionaries and warned for a violent > agitation. Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan > Singh jointly hatching conspiracy against the Hindus in support of the > Churches, the fire brand Hindu Seer said. > > "From Nepal to Kashmir to Kandhamal, they only want to eliminate > Hindus. In a country like India, majority feeling persecuted under the > UPA's rule at Centre," Dr Vedantiji added. VHP State secretary Gouri > Prasad Rath, Bajarang Dal national co-convener Subash Chouhan and > State coordinator Umashankar Acharya were among those present at the > meeting. Earlier on Monday, both Togadiaji and Dr Vedantiji attended > funeral ceremony of Swamiji at Chakapada. > > SWAMI LAXMANANANDA SARASWATI > Bedanta Kesharee Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati (84) is known as second > incarnation of Lord Parsuram. He took the vow to develop the down > trodden class of people of the society and made his centre of > activities at CHAKAPAD in the tribal district, Kandhmal of > Orissa.Besides social and religious development of the tribal people > he made them economically sound and academically well up. He > established a Gurukul pattern of school and a college to teach > Sanskrit in Chakapada a remote place of Kandhmal district. > Jalespatta is another ashram of Swamijee in kandhamal district of > Orissa where education is being imparted to women population with an > intention to build women workers for economic development of masses > who are culturally and politically neglected. > While there was a move to ban cow slaughter in India, Swamijee came > from Himalaya to Orissa. After the movement of cow protection was > over, Swamijee decided to return back to his Tapashya when the then > chief of RSS of Orissa Sri Bhupendra Kumar Basu narrated the sad > stories of the tribal population of the state and requested him to > help the suffering population. Swamijee went to Phulbani (Kondhmal) > with Sri Basu, saw the life of people there and decided to serve the > backward people there and focus them to join into the main stream of > the society. In 1969 he started his first ashram at Chakapada and the > ashram became a centre for brisk activities. He renovated the temples: > Birupakshya, Kumareswar and Jogeswar and established a Sanskrit school > and a college. Swamijee invested his full energy to teach the youth of > schedule caste and schedule tribe in Sanskrit and through Sanskrit he > built the youths to disciplined citizen well civilized, well > cultured, well educated, well spiritual and protector of the society. > Swamijee was well versed in Vedanta philosophy, Sanskrit grammer and > was awarded with the honour as "VEDANTA KESHARI". He was not only > giving philosophical talks to the people but looking to the > cultivation, animal care, and horticulture and so on. The students > coming out from Kalyan Ashram Gurukula are providing leadership in the > society in economic, social and cultural fields. > Due to his selfless service to humanity he received the award: > VIVEKANANDA SEVA PURASKAR" from Kumar Pustakalya, Kolkota. > As he stood firm in Phulbani district for a long time and struggled > against elements of Anti- dharma, the Sankaracharya of Govardhan > Pitha, Puri awarded him with the Upadhi as"BIDHARMI KUCHAKRA VIDARAN > MAHARATHI" > While he started his work in Kandhamal, a devoted RSS Pracharak, > Sri Raghunath Sethi associated with him for a long period for the > said noble work.Swamijee was born in 1924 in the village Gurujang of > Angul district.He left his house in1953 with the blessing of his > father-in-law:"KALAJAYI SANYASI BHABA".He initially selected his place > of activities at Chakapad because there is Birupakhya temple. > Subsequently he established Kanyashram at Jalespatta, a Seva school at > Tulasipur, Banki in Cuttack district and an Ashram at Panitola in > Angul district.. > The significance of Birupakshya Temple > The Birupakshya temple at Chakapada is situated in the district of > Kandhamala (Phulbani). It stands on an elevation of about 800ft. from > sea level. River Burutanga is flowing near the temple. The place is > surrounded by beautiful natural scenaries. Chakapada has also been > mentioned in the Ramayana. The old age name of Chakapada is > Ekachakranagari. The name is connected with Ramayana. Here exists a > siva temple where linga is bent to south and all the trees of the > place are also bent to south > Chakapada Hindu Sammelan > On the eve of Parama Pujaniya Sri Gurujee(Madhab Sadasiba Golwalkar) > Janma Satabarsik celeberation a unique Hindu Sammelan was held from > 8th to 10th April06at Chakapada. More than 5 lakhs Vanabasi Hindus > participated in the sammelan. During this programme seven MAHAJAGNA > was perforformed: > 1) NAMAJAGNA-1000 groups of Bhajan Mandalis(both gents &ladies) > participated for chanting the name of god. > 2) GHRUTA JAGNA:-Besides offering ghee , a Sphatika Siva Linga > (Cristal) and statue of Adi Shankaracharya, Sata rudra, Sapta sati > were installed. This spatika sivalinga was installed in a temple > named as Laxmaneswar temple . The name was suggested by the > Shankaracharya of Puri- Swami Nischalananda Saraswati in the name of > Swamijee. > 3) GYANA JAGNA-Spiritual discourses were delivered by eminent monks > including Shankaracharya of Puri ,Swami Nischalananda Saraswati. > 4) ANNA JAGNA-Prasad was provided to all participants > 5) DEEPA JAGNA- Lakhs of deepa were offered by doveetes > 6) SEVA JAGNA Medical checkup was provided to the needy for treatment > of eye, teeth, and hemoglobin deficiency > 7) DHARMA JAGARAN JAGNA A meeting of monks and tribals was organized > who have faith in swadharma. Such type of gatherings were organied in > 1986 where one lakh devotees participated. Besides that 8 Raths > traveled from various corners of Orissa to Chakapada and assembled > there on the first day of Hindu New Year i.e 30th March06. > Due to his multi dimensional activities for the development of the > Hindu Culture , Hindu Traditions, Hindu Dharma, as well as the > economical background of the poor mass a wave of consciousness > overwhelmed in the society which was eyesore to the anti Hindu and > anti-social elements. After contributing a lot to the society , he > sacrificed his life on the occasion of Janmastami on 23rd Augest08, > along with his four colleagues-Madhubaba,Kishorebaba,Maunibaba,and > Matajee, who was in charge of Girls Hostel, at Jalespatta, by a group > of miscreants who attacked in the night with Rifle and bomb. > > Pujya Swami Lakshmananda Saraswati > > > Date of Birth: 1924 Shravan Krushna Navami > Birth Place: Nua Sahi, Gurujanga, Anugul Jilla > > Swami Ji came out of home for pursuit of spirituality in 1953, at the age of 29. > > DVD Track and Meaning > > 1:35 - 2:20 - Conversion initiative in Phulbani area, creating > > 3:00 - Sangh Started working in the tribal area > > 3:45 - Swami Lakshmananda Saraswati Ji's introduction by karyakartas - > Vhupen Kumar Basu Chakapada - the then Ma. Pranta Sangh Chalak > > 4:45 - Swamiji worked for School, Mandirs (Birupakhya Pith), Satsangs, > Nisa nibran - Creating alcohol free society - Shri Dukhiram Kuaanra > and his First Sahyogi Shri Raghunath Sethi. > > 8:00 - In 1986 Sar. Karyavah Ma Yadav Rao Joshi Ji inagurated Rath to > Phulbani - Ma. Sankaracharya Ji welcomed it. > > 9:15 - Kalinga Jagannath Mandir established and Rath went to Chakapada > (With Ma. Governer B.N.Pande, Sah Prant Pracharak Ma. Shyam Ji gupt > welcoming guests) Harihar Da was also present. > > 11:35 - 12:15 Jagnas, Eye Camps, and massive gatherings to brought in > confidence and awareness among everyone the need of sewa in the weaker > section of the society. > > 12:45 - 14:30 Banvasi Kalyan Ashram started Hanuman temple brought in > social transformations like liquor free village, and personal hygiene > through education, pravachans, Geta, Bhagbat chantngs and Satsangs. > > 16:00 - 17:00 Many temple established by VHP more than 16 temples and > numerous satsangs. Where as some hostile churches did not hesitate to > grab Devottara properties of Gramadevi. > > 17:00 - 20:15 Swami Ji started Samskrit Vidylaya - Education and self > employment training is imparted here. Students learn veda path and > Jagnya, pooja vidhi along with other subjects. In 1978 it became a > collage, 300 students studying currently and more than 1650 studens > have graduated from here. > > 21:20 - 25:20 Cow protection and gorakhya - Pujya Swami Ji inspired > villagers, leading by example. The villagers along with their > Sarpanchs were doing cultivation traditionally at wrong time there by > getting very less yield, also were not ready to accept any change. To > bring in prosperity to the villages swamiji started cultivation in the > ashram land and showed the villagers the benefits of having cows for > milk, milk products, and proper way of cultivation. > > His perseverance and patience changed the ways the villagers were > operating and started getting better yields. Cultivation became an > initiative for economic growth for the entire village. He emphasized > the need of forestation - brought in Kranti to save the forest and > made use of forest products. His vision was to make each village self > sufficient in food thereby make the whole country proud. > > 25:20 - 27:10 Like a Drasta (visionary) Pujya swamji encouraged > saving the forest. To bring in harmony (samarasata), and eliminate > cast discrimination between Savarna and Asavarna swamiji started Nama > Jagnya celebration in 1982 (Chanting divine name of God), where > everyone irrespective of cast and creed comes together to get immerged > in the divine experience. > > 27:10 - 28:50 - Ashram for girl students - Near the bank of Rahul Nadi > there is Shiva Pith Swami Ji established Jalespata Shankaracharya > Kanyashrama in 1988. More than 250 students are residing and studying > there. > > 33:00 - 34:20 Shikshya Vikash Parishad started Saraswati Shishu Mandir > schools in Phubni. Temple Trusty Natabar Panda explains Pujya swamiji > Ji's initiatives for communal harmony. > > 34:50 - 36:20 While comparing Missionary work vs VHP, Shri Laxmikant > Malik, Baliguda Congress MLA explained - while the former > (Missionaries) worked with Allurement of the poor the later (VHP) > focused on cultural program, self development and education of the > youth. For instance the Samskrut Vidyalay established in 1980's > trained the youths in understanding scriptures like Vedas and > increased their appreciation of our culture and traditions. > > 37:00 - 37:45 Social Transformation - Shri Jagannath Mandir - Raja > Shri Nalinikanta Deo Bad habits were eradicated, education and > vocational training brought in economic empowerment. Medical camps, > health awareness camps brought well being of the whole village - > explained Mangulu Patra, Dharma Jagaran Samiti state president. > > 37:45 - 38:30 Shri Santosh Pradhan (OAS), Alumni of the school at > Chakapada - He learned to work with the common people, take everyone's > cooperation while working, a practice he learned in the school, > implements in his administrative role as well. > > 39:40 - 40:50 Pavitra Kahanra, from Telapalli village, Kashimpadar > High School Samskrit Teacher, introduces himself as a Vanvasi Kandha > (tribal) - did study in the samskrut school in 1978 and got inspired > to pursue higher education and went to Puri to study Samkrita Acharya > ,and became first Samskrut teacher in Phulbani. Pujya SwamiJi's > samskrita Vidyalaya trained and inspired thousands of Samskrut > Shiksaks, that are have gone to Phulbani, Koraput, Malkangiri > districts and have become teachers there (than 50% of the teachers are > form the Ashram School). > > > > > > Puri Seer, Orissa CM condoled death of Swamiji, 144 in entire Kandhamal > > Bhubaneswar: Puri Gobardhan Pitha Sankaracharya Jagadguru Swami > Nischalananda Saraswati and Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik > condoled the death of senior VHP leader Swami Laxmananda Saraswati, > who was gun down by some unidentified assailants at Jalaspata Ashram > under Tumulibandha Police limits of tribal dominated Phulabani, the > erstwhile Kandhamal. > > > Christians killed Swamiji, blames VHP, calls 12-hour Orissa bandh on Monday > > Bhubaneswar: 23/8(viswasambad Kendra,orissa)Viswa Hindu Parishad has > blamed the Christians for the gruesome killing of Swami Laxmananda > Saraswati at Jalaspatta Ashram under Tumlibandha Police limits of > tribal dominated Phulabani district, the erstwhile Kandhamal on > Saturday night. > > "The killing of Swamiji was most unfortunate incident and unwarranted. > He was a true social reformer. We all missed Guruji of Chakapa for a > longtime, his security concerns downplayed," VHP said. Swami, who is > more a social reformer than a religious thinker was killed by > Christians, VHP said. > > The killing took place even at a time, when the entire tribal > community in that area was celebrating Janmastami, birthday of Lord > Krishan. The Hindu Seer had on Friday received a threat letter and > informed the Tumulibandha Police Station but adequate security was not > made to protect Swamiji and his followers. Madhu Baba and Kishor Baba, > two close aids of the Seer also killed in the grenade attack. > > "Christians have killed Swamiji, we would give a befitting reply to it > very soon," VHP State general secretary Gouri Prasad Rath said. He > further demanded a high level probe into the issue and ban on Churches > working in the district. VHP went on to add that as a mark of protest, > it would shut down Orissa on Monday. > > "We would forced to opt violent protest if action not taken against > the killers," Rath warned. "We have called a 12-hour shut down on > Monday protesting against the killing," he added. > > Swamiji's contribution to the socio-economic empowerment of tribal > living in Orissa's southern region has posed a major threat for the > conversion activities and finally the missionaries killed Swamiji, > Rath added. He further informed Swamiji has been attacked for ninth > consecutive time till his death and each time the Christians hatched > the conspiracy. > > Swamiji have been working in Kandhamal area since late 70s and he > successfully understands object poverty of that region and worked > relentlessly for the socio-economic empowerment of tribal, the VHP > said. VHP also hosted a condoled meeting to pay homage to the departed > soul. > > > > > > HINDU JAGARANA SAMUKHYA : ORISSA > > PRESS RELEASE > Dated the 24th August 2008 > > Yesterday, around 9.30 p.m. Vedanta Keshari Swami Laxanananda > Saraswati was murdered at his Ashram by armed assailants who used > grenades and sophisticated arms. Along with him Mataji (a female saint > who was looking after the Girls' Boarding School at Jaleshpata), Madhu > baba, Kishore baba and Mauni Baba also got killed by the bullets of > the assailants. The assailants are suspected to be from among the > Dalit Christians blonging to the Baptist church and the Catholic > Church who had threatened him in writing after resolving in a meeting > held at Raikia on the 9th August 2008. There was a well calculated > conspiracy to do away with the Swamijee as he was the biggest obstacle > against proselytisation of the Kondh tribes and the scheduled caste > people in the Kondhmal District. On Friday Swamijee had brought it to > the notice of the district administration, but inspite of the fact > that he was a repeated target of the militant Christians, still the > state government miserably failed to protect his life. He had > organized the local Hindus to prevent Cow slaughter and conversion to > Christianity by strictly implementing two different Acts by the Orissa > Legislature to this effect. Only a month back there was an attack by > more than two thousand armed people at Tumudibandh, only three kilo > meters from his Jalaspata Ashram. > We strongly demand that CBI should enquire into the matter and bring > the consipiracy out of the bag and the real culprits be brought to > book. We do not suspect any Maoist hand behind the incident. Maoist > façade is used deliberately by the church to obfuscate the issue and > terrorize the public. >

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

good to put a stake in the ground before enterprising white christists swipe more of this precious heritage (see story of eastern european below). message from rajiv malhotra.

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PRESS RELEASE

August 17, 2008

$1 Million Endowment at UMass Dartmouth to Leverage Super AcceleratedLearning Techniques from Vedic Traditions for 21st Century Education

On Friday, August 15, as Indian students and community celebratedIndia's independence day UMass Dartmouth announced that the Three RsFoundation has pledged $1 million to support the university's Centerfor Indic Studies to initiate an innovative educational pedagogyrooted in India's Vedic traditions. The donation will support theCenter's mission to connect the university, region and Commonwealth toIndia's growing economy and world influence.

The announcement made with a celebration of India Independence Dayand featured presentations by students from India, and a guest speechfrom Dr. Subramanian Swamy, visiting Harvard Professor and Presidentof Janata Party in India. "Our university, our students, and ourregion are enriched by experiencing diverse cultures,'' ChancellorMacCormack said. "The history, art, music and religion of India holdimportant lessons for all of us as we strive to be better citizens ofour own community and the world. On behalf of UMass Dartmouth, I thankthe Three Rs Foundation for its exemplary generosity." PanditRamadheen Ramsamooj, Director of Three Rs Foundation, said, "We areexcited to be part of this educational initiative that will allowUMass Dartmouth students to learn about India at a time when theinformation super highway and global economy are creating importantEast-West connections. Among our highest priorities is to developinnovative teaching strategies, rooted in Indian culture." The ThreeRs Foundation is the lead sponsor of the Super Accelerated LearningTheory (SALT), a school model that emphasizes whole brain education.Preceding the announcement, the Board of Governors of the Center forIndic Studies unanimously approved the Memorandum of Understandingwith Three Rs Foundation.

The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Center, Mr. RajivMalhotra, said that the accelerated learning movements across USAregard Georgi Lozanov, a Bulgarian educator and neuroscientist, astheir founding father. What is seldom considered is that Lozanov hadstudied traditional Vedic learning systems in India in the 1960s underUNESCO programs, to figure out how Vedic pandits were able to memorizeand impeccably recite tens of thousands of verses. Malhotra said,"Today, the Three R's Foundation is reviving that learning systemfrom its source, and creating a program which could be a breakthrougheven beyond Lozanov's. This deserves all our encouragement andsupport."

Mr. Braham Agarwal from Orlando, Fl, the General Secretary of IndicGoverning Board agreed saying, "this is a good beginning for theCenter." The Center for Indic Studies is planning several majoracademic and scholarly initiatives in the coming years. In its Boardof Governors meeting, Dr. William Hogan suggested including graduateeducation as part of the Three Rs Foundation's agenda in IndicStudies. He agreed with the Board Chairman's suggestion todistinguish Indic Studies from South Asian Studies, the latter beingadopted by many US universities for general area study that handicapsthem from getting into deeper understanding of Indic traditions andvalues.

"An endowment of this size to bridge ancient civilization of India tothe most modern civilization of United States through education is amost powerful statement to society,'' said Dr. Bal Ram Singh, directorof the Center of Indic Studies. "I am thrilled at this opportunity andlook forward to facilitating the engagement of my colleagues in thiseducational mission."

With more than one billion people, India represents over 15 percentof the world's population. Only China has a larger population. India'smedian age is 25, one of the youngest among large economies. India andthe United States are the two largest democracies in the world. Withan average GDP growth of 7 percent over the last decade, India is oneof the fastest growing economies in the world. It is leveraging itslarge number of well-educated and English-speaking people to become amajor exporter of software services and software workers. Accordingthe U.S. Census Bureau India also now ranks 4th in Massachusetts as anation of origin of foreign born residents in 2006 with 40,000residents of Massachusetts. In 2000, India ranked 9th, and in 1990 didnot rank in the top 10. India is the top country of origin forinternational students on the UMass Dartmouth campus. This fall therewill be approximately 150 students from India on the campus.

The Center for Indic Studies was established in 2001 to disseminateunderstanding of issues relating to the arts, philosophy, culture,societal values, and customs of India. For more information, visithttp://www.umassd.edu/indic. UMass Dartmouth is located in North Dartmouth on the South Coast ofMassachusetts. Established in 1895 and located on its current sitesince 1964, the university offers more than 60 undergraduate,master's, and doctoral degree programs to 9,000 students. Its $21million per year research enterprise is widely recognized for itscontributions to marine science, engineering, biotechnology, publicpolicy, education, business and management, nursing and socialscience. The campus is also highly respected for its communityengagements, including a downtown arts campus in nearby New Bedford,advanced technology center in Fall River and student community serviceinitiatives. For more information, visit www.umassd.edu<http://www.umassd.edu/>.

The agitation in Jammu over revocation of the allotment of land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board has taken an unprecedented turn. The only similar mass upsurge was during the Praja Parishad movement in 1952 to end the two dual constitutional provisions (thanks to Article 370) in Jammu and Kashmir that allowed two flags, a separate head of the state and separate laws.

The Bharatiya Janata Party has been supporting the agitation and the Congress's local leaders too have expressed their support for fear of losing Hindu votes. The agitation has seen small children with their mothers and grandmothers coming out on the roads with the tricolour in their hands and demanding that the land be given back to the SASB.

Leela Karan Sharma, 68, a senior advocate of the Jammu and Kashmir high court for 41 years, has been active in every Hindu religious organisation including the Dogra Brahmin Pratinidhi Sabha as its vice-president. He emerged on the national stage as president of the Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti, which is leading the mass movement in Jammu for the last two months. His day begins at 6 in the morning and ends past midnight.

Islamic terror's trusted arm - the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) - has been found to be using many unusual channels to spread its tentacles across the country, according to central intelligence agencies' sources.